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... Saxon times . Phora- dendron serotinum , somewhat similar to its European counterpart , is an acceptable substitute in North America . GENERAL FEATURES The order contains trees up to 60 feet ( 18 metres ) high and many shrubs and ...
... Saxon times . Phora- dendron serotinum , somewhat similar to its European counterpart , is an acceptable substitute in North America . GENERAL FEATURES The order contains trees up to 60 feet ( 18 metres ) high and many shrubs and ...
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... Saxon kingdoms of Northumbria , Mercia , and East Anglia . In 878 Alfred the Great ceded the territory north and east of a line from London to the northern edge of Wales ( about three - fourths of England ) to the invaders . This area ...
... Saxon kingdoms of Northumbria , Mercia , and East Anglia . In 878 Alfred the Great ceded the territory north and east of a line from London to the northern edge of Wales ( about three - fourths of England ) to the invaders . This area ...
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... Saxon legal tradi- tions existed side by side , a situation that , to some extent , continued up to 1900. This resulted in complicated social and political problems in a land confusedly divided be- tween different forms of government ...
... Saxon legal tradi- tions existed side by side , a situation that , to some extent , continued up to 1900. This resulted in complicated social and political problems in a land confusedly divided be- tween different forms of government ...
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